Scania at IAA: Focusing on sustainability and services that benefit the
customer

Scania Citywide with Scania's hybrid system

New innovations that provide significant fuel savings

New 13-litre engine with 450 hp and SCR-only

Freewheeling retarder that saves fuel

Further developed Scania Eco-roll and new gear changing strategies

Increased working temperature and low-viscosity oil save fuel

New services increase uptime and customers' revenue potential

July 02, 2014 05:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time

SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At IAA, Scania (STO:SCVA) (STO:SCVB) will be presenting news in the form
of products and services that contribute directly to improving bus and
truck customers’ profitability. Besides additional Euro 6 engines,
Scania will also be introducing a range of new items aimed at reducing
either the customers' operating costs or their environmental footprint –
goals that often go hand in hand. Scania's latest innovations can
provide significant reductions in fuel consumption in long-haulage
vehicles. And when it comes to buses, Scania Citywide will present its
own hybrid technology.

With one of the broadest ranges of Euro 6 engines on the market, over
the past year Scania has celebrated triumphs in independent tests of
fuel consumption. Scania's 13-litre engine has proven itself to be
unbeatably thrifty, especially in its configurations with SCR-only as
the aftertreatment method. Recently Scania introduced yet another
variant – a version with 450 hp that will also reduce fuel consumption.

"Today, all kinds of customers are chasing profitability by reducing
operating costs, regardless if their business is about transporting
goods or passengers," says Henrik Henriksson, Executive Vice President
at Scania. “We should consider Scania's continuous search after costly
drops of diesel, custom-made solutions and increased uptime in light of
this. At IAA, we are introducing a range of innovations that will
further strengthen our customers' balance sheets.”

Scania has a firmly established reputation in the bus market for being a
manufacturer that is always able to live up to both society’s and
customers' demands for environ­mental solutions. This means that the
buses are both fuel-conscious and can run on any commercially available
fuel, thanks to an extensive engine range. Scania is now taking one step
further and is expanding its offer with hybridisation. At the IAA
exhibition, a Scania Citywide with a hybrid powertrain will be on
display.

Advanced technology

Scania is also introducing a more advanced technology solution that aims
to reduce costs and increase uptime. Scania's retarder can now be
ordered in a version that cuts down on fuel consumption by mechanically
disengaging when not active. Be­sides saving on fuel, the freewheeling
retarder also provides higher braking power, 4,100 Nm instead of 3,500
Nm, as well as an increased braking effect at lower engine rpm with the
help of higher gear ratios. A new option will also be introduced were
the retarder can only be engaged by the brake pedal. In keeping with the
principle that auxiliary systems that don’t need to work constantly
shouldn’t lead to losses, Scania is also introducing a disengaging brake
compressor that further contributes to saving fuel.

Scania will also be introducing a further-developed version of Eco-roll,
the advanced system in which Scania Opticruise acts together with Scania
Active Prediction to save fuel. The vehicle itself is able to calculate
when it is most advantageous to roll down slopes in neutral gear and
with an idle engine. The system is now even more intelligent, being able
to activate Eco-roll more often and choose gears even more optimally.
Depending on how hilly the road is, Eco-roll now contributes further
savings for 13-litre Euro 6 engines.

Scania has also addressed the issues of reducing internal friction in
some engines. By increasing working temperature and using a specially
developed, fuel-saving, low-viscosity oil with unique lubricating
qualities, Scania engineers have reported a significant further savings
potential when the effects of increased temperature and the fuel-saving
oil are put together. A limitation is that the fuel saving oil can only
be used in long-haulage trucks with 13-litre Euro 6 engines in light
operations.

Customised solutions

“When it comes to long-term sustainability, the heavy vehicle industry,
including buses, has just taken a critical step forward in our part of
the world thanks to Euro 6," says Christopher Podgorski, Senior Vice
President Trucks at Scania. “The next step should be tackling CO2 and
will be much more demanding. Our primary target is to help our customers
improve their profitability, with the help of advanced technologies and
intelligent solutions. The manufacturer who best understands the
customer’s world, and who contributes to strengthening the customer’s
total financial position, is the one that wins. Scania has the products,
services and insights that are necessary for this role.”

Besides product-related news on buses and trucks, Scania will also
present a number of new or further developed services at IAA. Many of
them have in common that they ultimately aim to enhance customer
performance by increasing uptime, which impacts revenues.

Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and buses
for heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines.
Service-related products account for a growing proportion of the
company’s operations, assuring Scania customers of cost-effective
transport solutions and maximum uptime Scania also offers financial
services. Employing some 41,000 people, the company operates in about
100 countries. Research and development activities are concentrated in
Sweden, while production takes place in Europe and South America, with
facilities for global interchange of both components and complete
vehicles. In 2013, net sales totalled SEK 86.8 billion and net income
amounted to SEK 6.2 billion. Scania press releases are available on www.scania.com (http://www.scania.com/se)